Sunnyside

Sunnyside is a middle-class neighborhood in western Queens, New York City. The area was purchased by a family of Huguenots in 1713 and named "Sunnyside Hill", and it was initially a rural hamlet consisting of small farms and marshland. Sunnyside was incorporated into Long Island City in 1870, and it became a commuter town of Manhattan after the Queensboro Bridge was completed in 1909. Several six-story apartment buildings were built in the neighborhood during the 1920s and 1930s, and it became a diverse area. In 2010, Sunnyside had a population of 29,506, with 48% being white (Jews, Russians, Albanians, Greeks, Irish, Italians, Armenians, and Romanians), 28% Hispanic (Colombians, Ecuadorians, Dominicans, Salvadorans, and Puerto Ricans), and 24% Asian (Koreans, Bangladeshis, Japanese, and Chinese).